A friend who's employed as a lead network administrator at a major public university has experienced a huge increase in port scanning since the release of OSX. He attributes it, not to malicious attacks, but to inquisitive college kids opening the Network Services control panel and hitting 'Port Scan' -- Just to see what it does...
This doesn't necessarily open their own machines up to malicious-types, but it makes a lot more of them seem malicious themselves...
I know I'm responding to a troll, but I figured I had to respond. The point is that this guy's grandma will probably never have to reinstall anything on her simple little Linux desktop. It will likely never crash on her either.
Like she could install and configure Windows from the ground up either...
"...for a laptop that gathers power for it, to extend battery life! "
This is a more likely application, based on the efficiency issues already mentioned. Simply making the existing battery more effective and the resulting power delivery more efficient.
I think this is a correct observation. Simply by making judgement calls on a 'tip-by-tip' basis, the Pinkertons are opening themselves up to legal liability... Katz kinda glossed over this...
Imagine if/. had a policy of selecting certain posts over others. A can-of-worms to be sure...
It seems that since the 'anonymous tip' mentality is becoming more and more entrenched into our society, we must find a way to make the systems by which they are delivered self regulating. I like the idea of a assembling some sort of advisory panel to help safeguard the interests of the kids it affects. Perhaps even better, build the site's community nature and make it self-regulating like/. The people who would become part of an 'online school saftey community' would be those who were truly concerned: parents, educators, and even better, students themselves. That's what this whole thing is about anyway, right?
My girlfriend was in Thailand during the production of this film and witnessed the destruction of the beach in "The Beach" firsthand.
It saddens and disheartens me, not only that this type of article gets press on slashdot, but that the press was favorable. It's turning the motto 'Stuff that matters' into a mockery.
Please join me and the above AC in boycotting this ridiculous movie.
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This doesn't necessarily open their own machines up to malicious-types, but it makes a lot more of them seem malicious themselves...
Like she could install and configure Windows from the ground up either...
Sheesh.
This is a more likely application, based on the efficiency issues already mentioned. Simply making the existing battery more effective and the resulting power delivery more efficient.
Imagine if /. had a policy of selecting certain posts over others. A can-of-worms to be sure...
It seems that since the 'anonymous tip' mentality is becoming more and more entrenched into our society, we must find a way to make the systems by which they are delivered self regulating. I like the idea of a assembling some sort of advisory panel to help safeguard the interests of the kids it affects. Perhaps even better, build the site's community nature and make it self-regulating like /. The people who would become part of an 'online school saftey community' would be those who were truly concerned: parents, educators, and even better, students themselves. That's what this whole thing is about anyway, right?
It saddens and disheartens me, not only that this type of article gets press on slashdot, but that the press was favorable. It's turning the motto 'Stuff that matters' into a mockery.
Please join me and the above AC in boycotting this ridiculous movie.